Research: Sawmill Database

Alpha-Numeric Key:	MO-116
Corporate Name:	Howard Lumber Company
Local Name:
Owner Name:	Howard Lumber Company. Milton Howard.
Location:	Route 3 Box 155 at Conroe
County:	Montgomery
Years in Operation:	20 years
Start Year:	1950
End Year:	1969
Decades:	1950-1959,1960-1969
Period of Operation:	1950 to 1969
Town:	Conroe
Company Town:	2
Peak Town Size:	7,298 in 1950
Mill Pond:
Type of Mill:	Pine lumber Sawmill Pine Sawmill Hardwood Sawmill Cypress Sawmill Planer Planer Only Shingle Paper Plywood Cotton Grist Unknown Other
Power Source:	G. E. 100-horsepower electric motor for the planer Horse Mule Oxen Water Water Overshot Water Turbine Diesel Unknown Pit Steam Steam Circular Steam Band Gas Electricity Other
Maximum Capacity:
Capacity Comments:	Unknown
Produced:	Rough Lumber Planed Lumber Crossties Timbers Lathe Ceiling Unknown Beading Flooring Paper Plywood Particle Board Treated Other
Equipment:	Sawmill and planer
Company Tram:
Associated Railroads:	Unknown
Historicial Development:	Howard Lumber Company appeared in the 1957 edition of Nelson T. Samson's Directory of Wood-Using and Related Industries in East Texas. According to the Directory of Texas Manufacturers 1956-1958, the company was established in 1950 by J. M. Howard. In 1969, this small sawmill was wrecked by a tornado. Milton Howard, the owner, advertised for sale a S. A. Woods 15-omcj planer machine #24 with a fan, an overhead line drive, extra side heads, and knives for $1,500. This may be the Howard Lumber Company four miles east of Conroe sold to F. L. Howard by by E. L Thomason and Mrs. J. W. Thomason, a widow, in 1945.
Research Date:	MCJ 03-20-96
Prepared By:	M. Johnson